1922. J 



University Course in Milk Recording. 



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The publication hitherto issued by the Statistical Branch of 

 the ^Ministry under the title " Weekly Return of Market 



The Agricultural ^^^^^^^ " ^^'^^^ ^"^""^^ ]^nown as the 



, ? _ ^ " Agricultural Market Report," and in 



Market Report. ni-^- - . i ^ i i ^ 



^ addition to reports on markets and market 



prices in England and Wales, will contain information on the 

 export trade in agricultural products from foreign countries 

 and the colonies to the United Kingdom ^ together with such 

 information as can be obtained as to openings abroad for ]^ritish 

 farm products. 



The desirability of publishing information of this character 

 has been pressed upon the Ministry by the National Farmers' 

 Union, and an endeavour will be made to include original items 

 of information which are likely to be of direct value to the 

 farmer. 



The return has hitherto been supplied to the public free, but 

 in view of the increased cost of printing and publishing, it has 

 been decided that after 1st January, 1922, the " Agricultural 

 Market Report " can be supplied only to subscribers. The rate 

 of subscription will be 10s. per annum or 5s. for six months, 

 post free. Single copies 2d. (or by post 3d.). Application 

 should be made to the Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Pisheries, Publications Branch, 10, Whitehall Place, S.W.I, 

 or to H.M. Stationery Office, Imperial House, Kingsway, 

 W.C.2. 



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The Ministry has arranged with the authorities of the 



University College, Reading, to hold a special course of 



. ^ instruction on Milk Recording, from 27th 



university course ^^^^ ^ "^^.^ ^^^^ 



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_ . particulars oi the course are shown m the 



°' syllabus outlined below. 

 It is expected that the demand for qualified recorders for 

 employment under the Ministry's milk recording scheme will 

 increase as the scheme develops, and while the appointments 

 of milk recorders — which are not made by the Ministry itself 

 hut by milk recording societies — carry with them somewhat 

 limited salaries (usually from about £150 to £250 per annum), 

 such appointments afford the young agriculturist excellent 

 opportunities of gaining a practical knowledge of dairy ffiiming 

 as carried out on a variety of farms. It is impossil^le to give any 

 indication as to the number of vacancies for milk recorders which 

 nicn^ arise from tim_e to time, nor can any guarantee be given 



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